CAP^ VERDE BOAR. 
objcits are the large tusks which spring from 
each side of the upper jaw, and are directed 
feuiiost perpendicularly upward. They are 
nearly seven inches long, and terminate in a 
blunt point. Two similar tusks, but smaller 
and thinner^ rise trom the under jaw, and ap- 
ply themselves exacliv to the external side of 
the superior tusks, when the mouth is shut. 
These are powerful arms ; which he mav us5 
to advantage in his native country, where he 
must be often exposed to the attacks of carni- 
vorous animals. His head, \siiich is large and 
fiat before, terminates in an ample snout, nearlv 
equal in diameter to the breadth of the head, 
and of a hardness which approaches to that of 
horn. He uses ir, like our Hogs, in digging 
the earth. His eyes are small; and situated 
so far forv/ard in the head, that he can only 
see straight before him. They are nearer 
each otlier, a:id the ears, than in our European 
Boars. Below the eyes, there is a depression 
in the skin, which forms a kind of wrinkled 
.sac. Th^ ir.sidcs of his eais are closelv co- 
vered with hair. A little lower, and near the 
sioj of tiic eves, the skin rises, and torms 
two cxcrcsccncc-s : which, when viewed at a 
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